After upegrade Ubuntu dont start: no resolution available

Asked by pwrdesc

I have a 16/10 17inch screen and a graphic card nVidia GeForce. Starting UBUNTU 14.04 after upgrade, the process abort with a little window saying "Correct screen resolution not found" (or something like that). With UBUNTU 13.10 I used a 1400x900 screen size.
Hopefully I can use KUBUNTU 14.04 but with a 1280x1024 resolution wich is wrong for a wide screen.
How can I restart UBUNTU ?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: kwin
Date: Tue May 6 11:57:35 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-04-19 06:02:25,370 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.7: added
 nvidia-331-updates, 331.38: added
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 NVIDIA Corporation C77 [GeForce 8300] [10de:0848] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82e2]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-11 (267 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-31-generic root=UUID=addcc404-72ab-423b-9b9a-72188ac6be96 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UnitySupportTest:
 Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code 5: Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0".
 Error: GLX is not available on the system
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (17 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/11/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1102
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M4N78 PRO
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1102:bd09/11/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4N78PRO:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Tue May 6 11:51:48 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.devices:
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
 input Video Bus KEYBOARD, id 7
 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 8
 input Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 9
 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 10
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) said :
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Converting to a question because user is running unsupported kernel.

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) said :
#2

You are using an old kernel: 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8
Subsequently, the nvidia driver/kernel module does not load and you get stuck with generic VESA driver.

Boot into the regular Trusty kernel (3.13.x) and remove the old kernel.

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